The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-17
SIDEWALK AND s1TTING-RooM.
The Home and Street Decorations o
Tho Social World

Master; it has burst into blossom since. Its
Hcwering is of the tropic order, and prom
feS throughout the summer a luxIIriant,
rich-colored, a riotous display. There are
lear wears and fat years in fashions as in
o&aner crops. The present season will ripen
mharvest of the pressed down and running
over sort.
The importers brought over heliotrope.
3 In dry goods stores opened heliotrope. The
&1odistes and milliners talked heliotrope. A
awful of women hesitated q fortnight,
&hpok their heads doubtfully, rejected
&tliotrope two or three times over, and
&nally accepted it with open arms
Rliotrope and primrose. There is no com
nation TO be named beside IL There are
HI shades of heliotrope and ten shades of
Emrose, variety enough for every COM
xion every age and every style. |
8eliotrope and black has its advocates, but |
%0iotrope in any case one must wear.
e *Df the other offered shades that find &C
III lance and begin to give character to the |
Axeets these April days there Is a delicate |
gAeen yellow that is "absinthe," blueish
kan that is serpent" a reddish |
&llow that is ''fammant, " and rich brown |
zlow that is "Havanneh There has been
failure, one utter bankrupt in the color
md. The new series of pinks was
ralded month ago as destined TO revolu- |
E1lize all ones standards. The half dozen
SX id shades, ranging trolo the brilliant rose
5fhe deep crimson Charles x. Staked their
~ ON the turn of a die and lost. The start
ma untoned hues were glorious on the color
xhrts, but womanIxind studied their effect
80 its bonnet, tried them against Its face aud
ing them away in disgust
In the matter of dress fabrics the line of
! 7cznarkation between the tailor gown and
hi dressmaker's gown grows sharper and
Harper. Each has taken possession of its
uzFn territory and resents any encroach-
Uent on it from the other. Each accentu-
s m<ks its own characteristics, increasing the
8 differences between il and its neighbor. The
N lor gown has conned yet more diligently
~ special lesson of slowing away $3.50 worth
~ severe simplicity i'll a costume that
fspesn't look to the uniujtiated eye as if it
<5ot $40 1t is exquisite of fit and utterly
kdainful of ornament. The dressmakers
wn riots in beads, in laces in pulled
Ewes, in every caprice and every whlmsi-
zity that can stamp it as coquettishly, I'M
riously, Frenchily feminine.
For material the plain cloths to the tailor
1en, the novelty frabrics to the dress
ker's products. The self colored Scotch
p nespun is the tailor gowns second
bice; the cheviots in small checks and
& @pken plaids its third and the utmost lati-
lie it allows. Plain gray, unrelieVed by
~ other color, is the special fad of the
Tor gown. Bold spirits brighten it with
881blue aigrette or wreath of blue
forget me-nots in the bonnet; but the
rigid devotees of the tailor cult admit no in
snpvation at all Brown with a hint of red
it and a variety of greens are the other
lors preferred.
Novelty goods run riot in checks and
ripes. The plaids that were the extremes
last season are the staple goods of this.
ere is a greater variety in patterns than
materials, however, for the wool craze is
the wane. Silks are not yet in the as
ndant, but another three months viii see
hm firmly in power 1t is a natural re-
II of the strife between tailor and modesto
armed truce is the only possible out
E ne wool to the one, silks to the other. The
Anufacturers have seen their opportunity,
III such a world of silks was never put
on the market before. The staple silk this
summer will not be the surah, but COM
paratively new fabric, worked over in the
latest makes and improved faille Fran
caise A corded silk was the model of the
new material or gros grain ribbon, may
be. But where the groS grain is stiff and
unfit for draping the faille is soft, yielding
and hangs in graceful folds.
MORE has been gaining on the plain silks
for six months back, and will be used
throughout the summer on every possible
occasion and in all sorts of ways The new
moires match the cashmeres throughout the
whole range of spring colors and the two
materials will make no small proportion of
the warm weather gowns. To the plain
MORE within a month MORE antique has
been added in IA tentative, hesitating fashion.
Feminity has looked at it, priced it, found
il at first glance too elaborate, left il, gone
back and bought it the second day. The
chances now are that it win be popular,
gloriously popular-among the few who
can afford to pay for it--but not for long
Summer silks have developed beyond the
recognition of their forbears of three or four
years ago. The India silk, with its soft, per
feet texture, its light weight and fresh, cool
feel, is fabric TO thank the gods for. The
dainty printed pongees will see much out-of-
town service at the mountains and seashore;
they are coming in so much firmer and more
reliable weaves.
Two summer specialties will be the tea
gown and the white wooden gown. Amer-
can women have paid comparatively little
attention TO the house dress until recently:
but beginning with the concoctions of silk,
ribbon bows and pillows of lace that go by
the name of tea gowns, the passion for dainty
indoor attire has spread through every ma
ferial and has reference 10 every hour of the
day. For the house dress the cream, pale
blue and pink surahs, with drapery OF ORR
entail lace are the favorite though tho cop
per-colored shades OF cashmere and sage
trimmed with pink are not TO be despised.
White wooden for indoor and out-of-door
summer wear will prove a formidable rival
to the wash fabrics, the ginghams and
soteens. White cashmeres. white home
spuns, white hannels, white crepes and
white nuns veilings will be quite the fabrics
of the year
Spring gowns are made az ones fancy
chooses The tournure Is doomed. IL IL go
ing. In three months il will be gone. The
polonaise is on the border line between be-
ing and not being. L. has been IN eclipse.
u Is slowly working out For the rest, Jet.
beads, ribbons lace You can be as daring
~ color and combinations Of cOlOrs az your
complexion or your conscience will allow.
You can load yourself with ornaments till
you jingle and glitter and fnsh like "A half
ciNilized Eastern Queen. The rest 81 the
attire il like unto the gown To say wrap IL
- MY Yeyot, lnoo, JET especially iet. To say
ionuct Is 10 eny gnuae beads. howcrs ~.
Fs.s2lly howeir The bonnet freak ~ the
seaf a "a lnaas ~ forget me note 0r lilacs or
sFnnDsifd rsse leaves thrown together IN n
t'aaen aid ted VA the head With d cloud of
FANCY WoRg
la 40 gay oi fancy work--or a. a cub.